The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 14, 2061
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
7:16 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1713
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,000 km.
Exact values
For Jul 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.0° / 221.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.62° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.21° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.